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IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Box

Posted on Thursday, Oct 4th

By Mitch Berman, Guest Author Previous Posts: * IPTV: Next-Gen Television? * IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Operators It’s the Chinese Wall, the troll under the bridge, the fallen tree blocking the road. It’s been the anathema of consumer-delivered payTV services around the world. It’s… the Set Top Box! We already have TV boxes from cable

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IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Operators

Posted on Wednesday, Oct 3rd

By Mitch Berman, Guest Author Previous Post: IPTV: Next-Gen Television? There are 3 flavors of IPTV. This blog deals with the first and most prevalent definition… telco operators. AT&T U-Verse. Verizon FiOS. Second and third tier telcos like Surewest. We will not discuss “technology.” Technology to do video over IP is prevalent, growing and indisputable,

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3Com Is Now REALLY Going After Cisco

Posted on Friday, Sep 28th

I just got off the phone with Eric Benhamou, with whom, as you know, I have been discussing 3Com and Palm recently. I said earlier, that 3Com is trying to take on Cisco with its Chinese JV H3C in my Online Video Beneficiaries series, and that Cisco is a fat company that deserves to be

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Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Sep 24th

SM: Please describe your personal background : Family, upbringing, early career, etc. leading up to this venture. SS: I grew up in New Delhi, India and my dad was a senior military officer. We had a lot of change every two years as we moved from place to place. This taught me how to make

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Online Video Beneficiaries: Media

Posted on Saturday, Sep 22nd

Online Auto & Web 3.0 (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 13th

Overview Researching and dealing in Automobiles on the Internet is in the fast lane. According to a survey conducted by Burst Media in May 2007, 71.9% of in-market respondents use the Internet to research automobile models that they plan to either purchase or lease. Men (75.8%) use the Internet more than women (64.9%) to research

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Entrepreneurship Case Studies

Posted on Saturday, Jul 14th

You have read many of my interviews on this blog. Here’s a synthesis of some of the case studies I have done, in an interview format. These differ slightly from the series that I have titled Role Model Interviews, since in this series, I go into the company and its strategy, market, financing, etc. in

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 10)

Posted on Tuesday, Jul 3rd

We conclude our conversation with a brief discussion about Google, and any potential impact it may have on Adapt.tv, including competing for talent. SM: Which companies are out there that you find interesting, who have good approaches, besides yourselves? AA: We obviously think the approach should be viewer friendly, effective monetization. I think it is

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